Definitions tagged malandro in the street dictionary.
A person who is a hoodlum, thug, or belongs to the street-tough cholo subculture (a cholo refers to an urban subculture in Mexico known for a specific style of dress and a defiant, street-wise attitude).
That guy is acting like a Malilla.
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A label for a friend who looks like a hoodlum or has the habits of a petty thief. (In Peru, the terms 'choro' and 'chorito' are common slang for a street criminal).
A: Here comes the caucha!! B: You mean Christian? A: Yeah, he looks like a little thief...
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A person, usually male, with a rough attitude or bad habits, recognizable by a specific urban style involving flashy clothing, piercings, and dyed hair (often associated with lower-income areas and a reputation for delinquency).
Watch out, the bus is full of tukis. / Look Juan, let's leave, those tukis are coming.
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A knockout drug or knockout powder used to drug someone, usually for a robbery. (It refers to scopolamine, which is often slipped into drinks or applied to flyers and documents so the victim absorbs it through their skin).
'They put burundanga on the papers.' 'Watch out for the burundanga.'
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Describes someone who has been robbed or stripped of their belongings.
They left me tumba'o : I am afraid they are going to leave me tumba'o
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An illegal toll or shakedown where a thug demands money from someone to allow them passage through a street or neighborhood (commonly occurring in gang-controlled areas called barrios).
If you want to pass, pay me the pasaje. The pasaje is 5,000 if you want to go over there.
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A term used in street or criminal slang to refer to a piece of gold or gold jewelry (the word is a modification of oro, the Spanish word for gold).
Check out that woman with the oracio. I haven't seen anyone with oracios.
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A shortened version of the word malandro, used to describe a thug, hoodlum, or street criminal.
Hey, stop the landro. That is the landro from the big house.
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A career criminal or thug who repeatedly victimizes a specific neighborhood. It is a term used by the police to refer to a local menace or habitual thief (in Venezuela, a barrio refers specifically to a low-income slum).
There are many cases of Azote de barrio around here. That thug is an Azote de barrio.
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A street criminal, thief, or mugger, used similarly to the word malandro.
The choro escaped; They did not find the choro who robbed you.
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Marginal refers to a person living on the social and economic fringes of society, typically in a shantytown (in Venezuela, a barrio refers to a low-income hillside slum rather than just any neighborhood). The term suggests a specific subculture involving distinct slang, behavior, and fashion. It is used pejoratively to label someone as low-class, unrefined, or trashy.
That guy is so marginal, look at how he dresses.
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A term for a specific social group in Panama, typically young men from rough neighborhoods who combine a bad boy or street lifestyle with an obsession for grooming and flashy fashion. (In Panama, it implies a mix of thug culture and metrosexual habits).
A: I saw you at the movies last night with a really strange guy, he looked like a chacalito. B: You're crazy, girl! A chacalito, never in my life.
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A lowlife or scumbag who has no regard for the feelings or well-being of others, someone of the absolute worst kind.
That guy robbed the old lady, and besides mugging her, the pichurrea stabbed her.
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Refers to someone who talks behind people's backs or betrays others. This term is primarily used by criminals or street youth who carry guns (in Venezuela, 'bichas' refers to firearms) to describe a snitch or a backstabber.
You are a Bruja.
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A homemade shank or shiv, typically handcrafted in Venezuelan prisons because it is easy to make and conceal. It is the short-range companion of the chopo (a crude, homemade firearm common in Venezuelan jails).
See Wikipedia: Chuzo: search Google for the chuzos and other weapons seized in the Yare prison, Miranda State, Venezuela.
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